WT DANGEROUS CANDIDATE A Leading Independent Journal's Fin si ' View of Judge Pennypacker, How He Hat Offended the I Publio Conscience. The Philadelphia Ledger, last June, welcomed the nomination of Judge Pennypacker, expressing the utmost confidence in him. It has since closely observed his extraordinary course, with Increasing evidences of surprise, pain and disgust. It has finally come to the reluctant conclusion that his position Is utterly Indefensible, and It pronounces him "A Dangerous Candi date." Under tit heading. In a lead tag editorial, the Ledger says: Mr. Pennypacker has fully Justified his selection as the candidate of the Quay machine for governor. If there are disinterested citizens who honestly believed this his nomination was a step In the direction of better Govern ment, they must be disillusioned by his speeches. He not only has proclaimed that Pennsylvania "has no ills;" he has (one on to maintain that what considerate public opinion has de nounced aa crimes were really vir tues, and that the reform sentiment which wus supposed to be respected In his nomination is entitled to no con sideration In his defense of the last legislative session, foolish as It Is, he shows him self incapable of recognizing political crimes tfiat are not denied even by their perpetrators. Such a man in tne office of governor would be far more serviceable to the schemers whom he defends and far more dangerous to the public than a politician with no veneer ing of respectability. We know what to expect from a profeslsonal bandit and can keep a watch upon him. but no one can follow the windings of tte respectable apologist of crime. Mr. Pcnnypacker's attitude Is such that its sincerity can be assumed only at the expense of his Intelligence. If he is right in his view of the franchise loot, of the non-existence of legisla tive bribery and corruption or of bal lot frauds, then not only most of the Democrats of the state, but all of that large body of Republicans who have been denouncing and striving againBt oorruption in their party were alto gether wrong, their criticism of the state and citv administration and of the conduct of the party organization was groundless, and every effort for political reform stands condemned. The most insolent and reckless party politician would not go as far as he I has gone to insult the intelligence and conscience of the voters to whom he was expected particularly to appeal. j If Mr. Pcnnypacker's attempt to con ceal, explain, or minimize what intelll ' gent persons generally have recognized as flagrant wrongs could be accounted for by mere innocence, he would still remain a dangeroua person to trust with official power. He would not , know a political crime If he saw it. i But. his treatment of state topics In his campaign speeches has been too in geniously wrong-headed to be thus ac- , counted for. He obscured and evaded the question of the Pittsburg "Ripper." j and, as Mr. Guthrie has shown, mis- I represented those who opposed It. His apology for the franchise robbery was false In statement, as well as false In logic and in morals. He appears to have Bet himself deliberately to the ; pettifogger's task of shielding from j Just condemnation that which Is in- capable of direct defense. . , i WhatQuaycould not ask asubservlent ! public office who, on the contrary, in eonvention to do, his candidate has tin- I d. ln ettifociilne sneers and dertaken. to his own humiliation and the grief and shame of those who trusted his sense of political integrity. It Is no longer possible for any intelli gent person to separate Mr. Penny backer as a candidate from the evil power of whose crimes against the commonwealth he has made himself the willing apologist and defender. Pennypacker' Latest Blunder. Lycoming county is one of the strongest temperance sections ln the state. At Montoursvllle the Quay sand Id ate for governor made this re markable reference to ex-Mayor Man ael, of Williamsport, the most popular man In the county: ''I understand that you have in this Ustriet a Prohibition candidate for jon press who has been endorsed by the Democrats. Now, that seems re markable to me. What have the Pro hibitionists ever been able to do for he cause of temperance? They are too -adlcal. They are fanatics. They pen their mouths and swallow too much." In the campaign of 1898 one promi nent and consistent Independent Re publican editor wrote and talked for Fenks, a noble-minded reform states nan, while those who should have 'olned him went fiddling after Swal ow. There will be no such blunder bis year. Over one hundred thousand lepublicans ar enlisted for the war rgalnst the machine. They mean to lit the mark this time. The poll parrot candidate for gov ernor reminds one of his hapless coun erpart that escaped his cage and had 'H argument with the neighbor's dog. Va he sat perched on the top of a shut .er, with scarcely any feathers left, he cratched his bald head and screeched: 'I know what's the matter with me; I alk too much, I do." "I don't understand that man Penny acker; he is a riddle to me," indig nantly exclaimed 1 leading Philadel phia editor recently. Just so. The may candidate has lost a multitude of .lends within the past three months, le stands hopelessly self-condemned. ' The Quay machine lie factory has .iven out figures of a pretended "pre iminary canvass" that even the light ing calculators laugh at. Andrews od Cooper are old hnnds at cooking p goose food. All hands are, badly tared. It has been a whirlwind tour with he ijf'moeratle candidates, sure nougb.7 hurricane of popular ent.husl sm. Tne people mean to smash anglem in Pennsylvania politic this jear for good.' JUDGE PENNYPACKER'9 MEM DACITY. i Nothing Is to be gained In political controversy through misrepresentation and unfairness. Judge Pennypacker teems to have a different Idea. Briefly and concisely the facts may be stated, and every voter In the Btate should be acquainted therewith. No public man In the history of Pennsylvania has been noled for greater carefulness and more uniform accuracy In expression concerning public affairs than ex-Governor Pattlson. No one has ever bean able to show him to be In error upon any material point, and until the pres ent campaign no one attempted this unjust and ungracious task. It seems to be necessary, in the Interest of truth and Justice and political decency; to expose the discreditable and short- sighted misconduct of the Quay ma-' chine candidate for governor. j In his speech of acceptance at Read; Ing Governor Pattison, referring to the' abuse of official power, especially at Harrlsburg, by the Quay machine and its allies, said: "In every way possible, members of the legislature have been annoyed, held tip and pursued by this malign power, always determined to promote selfish interests. Facts might be cited In connection with appropriation bills almost beyond belief. So gross have these offenses become, there is a Just demand for some legal restriction or regulation concerning this matter, making It a penal offense to Influence legislators In the manner now practiced at Harrlsburg. The very best members of the legislature aro at times power less to carry out the will of their con stituents, unless they consent. In vio lence of their consciences, to arrange ments and deals with corrupt men who are nothing less than public pirates. During the past 20 years reform meas ures have only been enacted by the courageous union of Independent Re publicans nnd Democrats, after des perate conflicts with the powers of evil." This truthful arraignment of legis lative crooks was made at the direct suggestion and earnest solicitation of members of the legislature, who had witnessed with Indignation the opera tions here referred to, practices which were not In vogue, as Judge Penny packer well knows, during either of the terms of former Governor Pattlson. This Is an evil of more recent growth, and one which must be met and abol ished, or honest and self-respecting men will refuse to serve as legislators. Every patriotic and right minded citi zen should be glad to co-operate In such a movement and anv candidate for groundless criticism, plainly shows his Rvmnnthv with noiitirai sneeiiiators and I v. . -tJ i- ! HID ItnUlUI-'DO IU BIU UiClll 111 UIIIIU5 out their disreputable schemes. In stances have recently been recorded showing how public money has been stolen in the manner alluded to and many more schemes of the same sort would have been carried out had It not been for the resolute opposition of hon est members of the legislature and fear of exposure. It will be observed that the state ment made does not charge crooked1 ness nor weakness upon the part of "all the members of the legislature" and the officers of public institutions concerned; yet, through garbled quota tions, deliberate suppression and braz en misinterpretation, the Quay mouth piece and apologist for public knavory, has upon four different occasions sought to make this Impression, and insincerely charged Governor Pattison with responsibility for what he never Bald nor intended to say, nor even to suggest. "This is a charge," cried Judge Pennypacker, at Erie, "which af fects the whole legislature; that the very best members enter Into corrupt deals ln order to secure appropriations. It Is a reflection upon the officers and managers of the hundreds of charities all over the state." There never was. a more shameful piece of willful misrepresentation, and any man guilty of it shows himself to be utterly unworthy of public respect and confidence. This incident reveals anew the power of evil association. It shows how a former member of the Judiciary will descend to the despicable methods of the quarter sessions shys ter. No unworthy member of the bar ever more grossly insulted his own in telligence upon the bench than has Judge Pennypacker in thus standing up before the people of Pennsylvania, rattling the chains of his machine bondage, and showing his own pitiable lack of the sentiments and principles which should actuate every honest man. He Is so hard pushed in his de fense of Quaylsm and all that it stands for that he makes an exhibition of himself at the outstart of his hopeless campaign for the governorship, which must bring the blush of shame to his self-respecting friends. ' j Intelligent and patriotio voters wlllj mot exchange a tried and true public) servant like Pattison for a weak and' self-blinded apologist for the machine like Pennypacker. Hero you have the rltuation In a nutshell. THE COLUMBIAN, Time seems tnost untimely when he brings a woman to the turn of life. Life is or should be at its ripest and best for her, and she ap proaches this chance with a dread of its effect born of her knowledge of the sufferings of other women at this season. There is not the slightest cause for fear or anxiety at this period if Dr. Tierce's Favorite Prescription is used. It gives health of body and cheerfulness of mind, and by its aid the pains and pangs of this critical period, are pre vented or cured. Dr. Tierce's Pavorite Prescription is woman's medicine with a wonderful record of cures of womanly diseases. Diseases that all other medicines had failed to cure, have been perfectly and permanently cured by the use of "Fa vorite Prescription." "I feel It my duty to write you at I have received to much benefit from tne u of vour medicine, "say Mrs. I.igzie A. Bowman, of Sew MatamorAt, Washington Co., Ohio. nt have taken four bottleaof ' Favorite Prescription for female wenknesa and chnne of life. Before I bean Uikiug it I could not do anything. 1 had finch pains in my head and in the hack oftny neck that 1 thought I would lose my mind. Nov 1 can work every day. I recommend ' Favorite Pre scription ' to all fi'lunlM suffering in the period of change of life. It it the best medicine I have found." " Favorite Trescription " has the testi mony of thousands of women to its complete cure of womanly diseases. Do not accept an unknown and un proved substitute in its place. Keep the bowels healthy by the timely use of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Why Dummy Watches Indicate 8:18- Some years ago a c'aim was made that the time, 8:18, was selected on dummy watches for the reason that Abraham Lincoln died at that hour in the morning. The simple facts are that dummy or painted sign clocks or watches are so painted to show S:i8J because that is the only place on the dial where the time of day can be shown and at the same time allow the minute and hour hand to make a perfect an gle. At 8 o'clock 1 81 minutes the min ute and hour hands on opposite sides of the dial are exactly i8J minute degrees from top of dial or .figure 12 It must be remembered that whiie the hour hand makes the whole cir cumference of the dial once in twelve hours, the minute hand goes around twelve times therefore, thi move ment of the hour hand one minute degree necessitates the movement of the minute hand twelve minutes. Of ....... .V. 1, ,.,-A tuuiac lug iiauua mar making the time 3:41. Javier's Circular. Carlisle IndiaDS-Bucknoll Football, Reduced Rates io Williamsport via Pennsyl vania Railroad. On account of the football game between the Carlisle Indians and Bucknell College, to be played at Williamsport on Saturday, October 11, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany will sell excursion tickets to Williamsport, good going on October 11, and returning until Ootober 13 inclusive, from Eellefonte, Renovo, Elmira, East Bloomsburg, Mt. Car mel, Lykens, Harrisburg, Middleburg, Coburn, and intermediate stations, at rate of a single fare for the round trip (minimum rate, 25 cents.) 2 2 The Minister StrikiDg Back- The minister of a church recently posted the following notice: "The service on Sunday morning is at 11 a m.. The supposition that it is ten minutes later is a mistake. Young men are not excluded from the week night service. The seats in the front portion of the church have been care fully examined. They are quite sound and may be trusted not to give away It is quite legitimate to join in th singing. The object of the choir is to encourage, not discourage, the con gregation. Arbor Day Appointed Friday, October 17, has been ap pointed Arbor Day in this state by an order issued by the state superintend ent of jfublic instruction. It is de signed that it shall be particularly ob served by the schools, but all citizens will do well to observe the day. Tree planting cannot be too greatly en couraged in our commonwealth, or in any other for that matter. Half-fare Kates to Williamfport. - The great Jiuckncll-Carlisle In dian football match on Athletic grounds, Williamsport, Saturday, October 11, 1902. Half fare rates on all the railroads. The November Ballot- The ballot to be voted in Novem ber will be an unusually large blanket sheet, having ten, and perhaps twelve columns, including the blank column, reserved for the names of persons not regularly nominated. 1. SW I BLOOMSBURG. PA BE SHOT THE HAT. aV Somen lint Itlsky Cntom In Okla homa! That tares Time on a Windy l)r. 1 "A whole lot of Ideas with which we grow up change when we gel into an other country," said' a New York man who has just came bacV from a three months' trip In the southwest, nccord- ng to the Sun. "Now, one of the things we have heard of all our lives Is lhat if man's hat blows off he is fool to run after It, for there is nlwnys some- body around polite enough to pick It up nnd hnnd it. to the owner, if be hat to walk a block to do it. "I have seen it. done. I have read about it more timet than I have hod hats. Put it Is not the custom at Ueno, Okla. I was sitting-on the veranda of the hotel in that town, watching- the various articles which one of those sandstorms whirled through the air. "The lint of a citizen whs raised and carried against a place on the other side of the street. A strapping- fellow, who had been picking- his teeth with a match as he sa t near me on the vsran- dn, got Hp, whipped out a navy revolver and fired n shot at the hnt. nailing it to the fence. "The owner onme up. pulled thehflt from its impalement, waved his hand at the man on the veranda nnd proceed ed on his wnv. " 'It saves time runnln' nfter It,' said the mnn on the vernndn, 'and it don't hurt the hat.'" 1 AMERICAN SURGERY PRAISED. HUM Trllinte Pnld Onr Doctor anil Meillcnl Me-n lr the l.nle Pro fpaor Vlroliow. The late Prof. Virchow, the eminent German physician nnd scientist, had a high notion of American doctors nd American medical scientists gen erally, reports the Chicago Inter Oceun. When interviewed some time ago the professor said, in the course of the conversation, 1 hat several young metrical students from the United States had passed through his hands whose attainments were certainly on a very high level nnd- whose bright ness and alertness could not be ex celled. "I have n great admiration of Amer ican surgery," he added. "The men In America are as good as any we have here in Kurope and in some depart ments they are better. I do not think, though, that the American specialists are as good as the best men in London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna, but they are making big strides. No penurious spirit rules the United States. Kvery- thing is on a large, liberal scale, and Hie splendid university endowments there are bound to tell In' the near future. The American laboratories are excellently equipped nnd the stu dents have enormous advantages over these who study at some of the in adequately equipped schools In Europe." MODERN CAVE DWELLERS. Ctoinforf alile Villas Carved Oat HocU by Civilian at lilnvcr Eillte, Knitluuil. of Although there is nothing inher ently improbable In the circum stance, it is not generally known that the race of troglodytes is not yet extinct, and thut there are at least quite a number of cave dwellers in modern liritain. The inhabitants are by no means half savages. At Kinver Edge, near' Birmingham, are two rows of modern villas, formed mainly out of the "imme morial caves hollowed out of the hill," with stone-front projections. These dwellings ure said to be "far more comfortable and luxurious than the less-original houses to be found in more pretentious neighbor hoods." The rooms nre "spacious and rnin-proof" and the people of Enville, "as the village formed by these houses is called, nre justly proud of their quaint homes, and speak with patriotic; affection of Holy Austin rock, the stone from which their dwellings are hewn." There are several remarkable cave dwellings in Knnresborough, in York shire, s.ays the Detroit News-Trib tine, the "proprietor" of one of which hns adorned the various levels of his hillside enve home with battlements and calls It Fort Montague. SENATOR CLARK'S WIT. How the Western l I II I it n I re Got Hack nt a Toimorlul Artlut AVI10 Hail "Serve," A story is going the rounds in Unite which quite aptly represents the busi ness methods adhered to by I'nited States Senator W. A. Clink, the multi millionaire miner, banker and manu facturer. Upon his return from the east the senator visited a barber shop for the purpose of having his hair trimmed. He inquired for a certain barber w hose ability had been recommended to th senator by his son, Charles W. Upon the completion of the job the senator inquired the amount of the bill, whereupon the tonsorinl artist ralmly replied: "Charley usually gives me five dol. 'larR." The senator was tnken by surprise but, regaining his wits, atsked: "lint what is the usual charge for such a service?" "Fifty cents," responded the barber "Well," bald Senator Clark, with fl smile, according to the New York Times, "Charley has u rich father and 1 have not, w hereupon he handed th barber 50 cents aiid departed. (lMi'lera In Montiinii. Jlut few people are awure that there are in Montana some of the finest glaciers in the world. Her Innenlona Scheme, "Maggie." said the housewife, se verely, "yon don't seem to have breakfast on time any more." "No. li.uin." reply the girl. "'Tin linn! to wnke up, but if you'd call inc. mum, 1 could have it. on time." "lint it's not my place to call you. I want to be culled myself." "Vis, mimi," answered the girl, sol emnly; "I know it. an' if you'll call me, inum, then I'll gel up n"' l'"n you." Ch leu (ro Post. 1 nneeenrll C ruel. "Ami 11.1 vnn luive vour iniild Incnr- rein ted for stealing your jewels?" 8sked .Mrs, oldeastle "Oh, my, no! .tosinh was rending to me the' oilier night about the way a man's body was incarcerated at one of them crematory places. because he made them promise to do it before lie (lied, but I'd never think of treating a person that way for just stealing." -Chicago liccord-IIerald. A Prnvldenllnl Porter. A gentleman. Scotch Presbyterian, traveling with his flve-ycnr-old son. told the child as he put him to lied to say his prayers as usual, which the boy flatly refused to do. "Don't you want the Lord to take care of you to-night?" asked the anx ious father. , "Whit's the porter here for?" was the child's response. I. ippineott's. of hi nit td Live For. Mrs. Benluim- The paper tells of a bad accident. Bcnham What kind of an accident? Mrs. Benhiin-. woman dress took fire nnd was ruined and the woman was so bniily burned that she will not recover. Benluim -I don't suppose she wants to recover if her drewi is ruined. X. Y. Times, How lie Mnn Her. "Yes, I proposed to her by letter." "And what was her reply?" "She simply referred me to a certain chapter nnd page in 'The Life of Lord Nelson.' " "And what did you find?" "It says: 'After fruitlessly apply ing for commnnd of the ship by letter, he went in person to see about it, and then he sl-cured it.'" Tit-Bits. Then He Went. "Do you know," remarked the young mnn as the mantel clock indicated, 11:30 p. in., "that of all the songs 1 ever heard, my favorite is 'Home, Sweet Home?' " "Indeed," rejoined the fair girl, as she endeavored to suppress n yawn, "I never would have suspected it." Chicago Daily News. Jn.t n Little Hint. "Your father doesn't seem to re gard me very favorably," remarked Cholly. "Does he think I'm too dash ing?" ' 'No,' wearily replied the girl who was already in her third season. "He flunks you are too slow." Chicago Fost. IleAnlte Mcajiiireitient. "Do you think the world Is grow Ing any better?" "I m absolutely sure of it, an swered the monopolist. "Why, five years ngo I made only a hundred thousand a year, lo-day I am mak ing that much 11 month." Washing- toil Star. As Above Referred To. One evening at dinner Ida was nsked if she would have some squash. She answered "No." "No what?" nsked her father. , "No squash," answered Ida. Little Chronicle. Qnlte the Revenue. Although he makes a husband good. It goea without a thought The tie which binds him to his wife Is not the one she bought, Puck. TO HI? SEE AKAIt OFF. Gigantic Lady (nervous and timid) Polieemnn, can you see me across the roiul?" P. C. l'.)()2 See yer across the road 11111 rm? Why bless yer, I b'lieve 1 could see yer 'art a mile olt! 'i'ho Tatler. lloth Bulled. "firymes and bis wife quarreled foj six months over limiting the baby." "How did they settle it?" "Easily. It was twins." Brooklyn Life. lluril 'I'll I mi to Do. Yeast Do you know any difficult tricks with matches? Crimsonbeak-Yes; I've often tried to light a cigar with, my last one.- Yonkers Statesman. tuullnua. "Do you carry your new revolver when you nre out lute at night?" "Certainly not. It cost $U', and some robbers might take it away from me." N. Y. Times. : Nist u Faculty, She Have you noticed that I have a faculty for falling iu love? lie I'ueulty? No, ficklety." Yale I:,-'C,J,'J' After Visit to loneeter a Pertta I t.lkelr to llnve Inerenacd Keapect for It, It Is all Interesting to the last de gree to watch and see how the In genuous end, which o few weeks ngo swam happily In his native waters off, the banks of Newfoundland, is transformed before your very eyes some of him into codfish cakes (they en 11 the little squares, which are cut to lit the small boxes, "cakes") nnd the rest of him care fully preserved to make oil, glue nnd fish guano. Verily, ns n witty summer boarder remarked, "every part of the cod is used except the smell." Certainly, after n vlsis to (ilouces ter you have Increased respect for the llsh cake. You realize the pnrt it has played in the world's history; how, it has brought about treaties between great nations fr Ameri can fishermen had to get from Kng land the right to fish off the banks how it has erected lighthouses and placed buoys nil along the cruel shore, says Leslie's Weekly. You realize, too, the tragedies it lias caused, the widows and orphans it, hns made, the loving hearts It hat broken for the cruel reef of . Nor man's Woe, where I he wreck of the Hesperus occurred, lies in plain sight just at the entrance to the harbor; and you bear heart breaking stories of bouts that have gone down with all on board, in the very harbor it self, before the eyes of loving ones on shore. Truly, the romance of the codfish cake is no idle sound after you have been to Oloiicester. Tint all the same after you have made the acquaintance of the cod in the pro cesses of its evolution, and with the recollection of its odor still in your memory, you nre quite, quite sure that you will not want any cod fish cakes for a very long time. FRENCH WOMAN A POWER. CuiiiiIi'kii tie lnluiiei Wleltl na Grent Political Influence na Did Mine, tie Mnlntennn. Mine, la Comtesse de I.oignes f t i 11 keeps up the only great political salon In Paris. She has a gorgeous home in the Avenue de Champs Klyseesond her political power is 11s great to-day ai ever was that of Mine, de Maintenon. Count de Mun Is the only member of the chamber of deputies who ean af ford not to attend her receptions. La dies leave her severely alone, but men of power are forced to file before her every Thursday from four to seven and to offer incense to this political goddess. Mine. Adam once wielded a similar power, but she has been politically de serted since fiambetta said he could not be seen in her salons again, nnd yet she retained her power 'for years. But Mine, d'e I.oignes controls them nil. Wnldeck-liousseau consulted her before retiring; she told Paul Descha nel not to contest the presidency of the chamber of deputies. She advised the three Cnstellane brothers to stand for the chamber. Such is her power that President I.oubet calls upon her, to the great chagrin of Mine. Loubet, who is an ex cellent housewife but not a politician. Frenchmen are superstitious about the political power of women, says the Detroit News-Tribune. White-haired senators fear her, with the possible exception of Mr. Clemenceau. AVlth her will die the political influence of the I rench salon. YOUR SHARE OF MONEY. The A 111 on nt or Cnata Fnch Peraon of Oar I'uiiulntlon Should Unre la He liven. Tfave you $-'8.0.0? If you have not you are short your per capita share of the money circulation of the Unit ed States, and some one has what would be coming to you if the money that is in circulation were equally divided. This statement ,is made without reservation, on the au thority of the latest report of the treasury department, says the New York Herald. Another thing; you are entitled to seven cents more than yon were one year ago, according to this same re port, even though there has been allowed for an increase of 113,000 in the population, for in that same time there has been an increase of more than 05,000,000 in the money in circulation. So you see you are bet ter off than you were a year ago if you get your dues. Tn fact, you nre getting better off nil of tin- time. What has happened since lsTsi? The population has in creased ,',s per cent., nnd the money in circulation 1ms increased 170 per cent., and more than one-half of that increase in .circulation has been ir gold or in gold certificates. Km I'll the Mnatiidiin. A correspondent .writing to the Chicago Tribune says: "A number of years ago the bones of a mastodon were found in n swampy farm near Three (Inks, Mich. The university was notified, uud some men came tu disinter the 'remains.' I was stand- ! " . . . . , .Z"." . "h ' ..... .1 V" " ','"y riiri'cd to him that he could throw light n the subject , and he re- marked i 'Waul, naotiw, 1 thought I ' KI,u'lt soinelhin' last summer when I was daoun here plowin'.'" A Minlater'a Hu Mie. ! A, minister traveled ami miles to get. home to vote at the local op- tiou election recently. Ho went 148 niiles by rail, 17 miles by carriage, , lao miles on a bicycle and 7 miles ttr""' Ho led the prayer meeting j jollifying over the result.
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